Learning Partnerships, Unit Catalogue 2009/10 |
AS20019: Relapse prevention |
 Credits: |
6 |
| Level: |
Intermediate |
| Period: | This unit is available in... |
| Semester 2 at Action on Addiction |
| Assessment: |
ES 50%, PF 50% |
| Supplementary Assessment: | Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations) |
| Requisites: |
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| Description: | Aims: This unit aims to: * Explore students beliefs about the nature of relapse * Build on students' understanding of Marlatt's Cognitive Behavioural and Gorski's biopsychosocial model of relapse prevention * Critically examine current models of Relapse Prevention * Enable students to implement such models into their setting. Learning Outcomes: At the end of this unit, students will be able to: * Understand relapse as a process as well as an event * Contrast Marlatt's model of relapse with Gorski's Warning Signs approach * Analyse how theories of relapse can be applied to clinical practice * Critically evaluate a programme of Relapse Prevention * Apply Relapse Prevention strategies with individuals and groups of clients. Skills: * analysing how theories of relapse can be applied to clinical practice * assessing high-risk situations * helping clients identify and respond more effectively to high-risk situations * identifying and managing relapse warning signs * designing and implementing a relapse prevention program in an addictions setting * Use information technology to find, communicate and manage information. Content: This unit is concerned with the development of the necessary knowledge, skills and techniques required to design and implement a comprehensive relapse prevention program within an addictions setting. Supporting the practical element of this module is the associated research evidence which underpins the techniques used in the above process. Students use this information to inform and develop their clinical practice within their workplace. |